Wanting a little more sound out of the exhaust, I miss the pops and such on the down shifts that my SRT4 had. Dont have money for a $$$$ catback. Any cheap mod's ya'll have done?

 

IF you have a r53...you can remove the first box, the resonator....
This is called a ONE-BALL mod...
a bit more sound....a loss of weight...cost...maybe $50-75...or free if you know how to weld....

 

Agreed; the most cost-effective exhaust upgrade is that "one-ball" exhaust. A cheap muffler shop could do that for you for not too much hassle or cost.

Have you looked at the classifieds here on NAM? Maybe someone selling an aftermarket Borla, Magnaflow, or Milltek cat-back. Or try eBay or Craigslist.

There could be guys "parting out" their MINIs, too, to sell them.

Lastly, maybe car junk yards...

 

Wheres the first box located? Seems like a nice mod to do, just picked up the MINI last Friday and want it just little more louder.

 

you could wait two weeks til this comes back in stock

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=350840420597

 

Looks nice, would complete the rear end more compared to the stock exhaust.

 

Nice but won't fit my 2006 S, thanks for the heads up anyway

 

From the post I'm guess the passenger side muffler is the one to remove, havent gotten under the car to see for sure

 

Yes it's the one on the right (USA passenger side)

I'll be doing this mod soon (my birthday is coming up) and plan to ask the muffler shop about some kind of bracket or small pipe that can go from the left side muffler over to the exhaust hangers on the right side.

I like eliminating that resonater, increasing sound a little, but I don't want to loose any support.

Ps. There's a great diagram of the mod in the stickies, find the ultimate newby guide or something like that, then on the first page of that there's a link to a very extensive list of exhaust options.

Edit: here's the link to where this diagram is: https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=23789

 

Im a one baller and love it. When I do decide to upgrade to an after market muffler I will remain hanging one low.

 

you should get a 3inch straight pipe from the cat, all the way back. a catback. it will give you a deep rich sound and pop and burble a lot. it sounds amazing, you can look up videos on youtube. just search "straight pipe mini cooper". for everything it may cost around $500 maybe less. and im pretty sure you wont lose any power. i've seen some minis actually gain some power.

 

If it fit's any of the other R53's it should fit the 06. Nothing changed in the body especially from 05 to 06.

 

Another one ball photo

 

Yeah if you want it to back fire, you should straight pipe it.

 

Abarth set up

 

Abarth

 

Do you have this system? How would you rated? It looks good for the price.

I think the hangers on the 02-04 are different than 05-06

I wonder about drone, I love the sound of Invidia, borla sounds good too but it drones plus is expensive

 

according to the fitment guide on the site it doesnt work on the 2006 S

 

Mike Baker on YouTube? dude, i watch all your stuff man. its Elite Treats. recognize me from your comments?

 

I'm not Mike Baker, sorry

 

not you im talking about Baker555

 

Yeah that's me. Thanks for the support!

 

one ball and straight pipe would be the cheapest

its like $5 a foot for 3 inch pipe... so prolly like $100 to $150 at a muffler shop, maybe a bit more...

 

Try this. I love it and it sounds really nice with well deserved 'POPS' as you down shift. Look around for the price though. I got mine for $250

http://tsudoperformance.com/index.ph...products_id=70

 

my friend just straight piped his mustang and it costed him 96.45 TOTAL, so i imagine for a mini cooper it would cost maybe 80 bucks.